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Rhantus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Rhantus was named by Dejean (1833). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dytiscidae by Lomnicki (1894); and to Colymbetini by Nilsson (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Rhantus Dejean
1894Rantus Lomnicki p. 53
2001Rhantus Nilsson p. 265

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyColymbetinaeErichson 1837
tribeColymbetiniErichson 1837
genusRhantusDejean 1833

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rhantus Dejean 1833
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Rhantus exsoletus Forster 1771
†Rhantus praesuturellus Lomnicki 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available